Pictured is Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness. CARICOM NewsTime 7 September 2020 •Sep 7, 2020 CARICOM: Caribbean Community CLICK ON LINKS BELOW. 0:00:54 JAMAICA LABOUR PARTY WINS LANDSLIDE IN ELECTIONS HELD 3 SEPTEMBER 2020 0:04:04 COVID-19: SOME CARICOM COUNTRIES TIGHTEN CURFEW AS COVID-19 CASE
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The Animal Flower Cave in St. Lucy is part of the Barbados Uh Come From initiative. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Barbadians are being encouraged to visit attractions across the island, in an effort to support the tourism sector, which has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Product Development Officer at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. […]
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Chinese Ambassador Yan Xinsheng presenting Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland with a token while Permanent Secretary, Yolande Howard looks on. (S. Forde/BGIS) Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland, is seeking to have further linkages between the People’s Republic of China and Barbados. During a recent courtesy call by […]
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Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds, said that vending legislation was needed to empower the sector and make the conduct of the activity more hygienic. (FP) A government minister has underscored the need to create a framework to facilitate vending across Barbados that would see an end to harassment, and allow vendors […]
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(L-R) Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Director, Kerry Hinds; Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Dr Leo Brewster; and sponsors, Arawak Cement Administrative Officer (PR), Wilma Gibson; IDEAs Transformation Content Manager Autumn Inniss-Harris; and Republic Bank (Barbados) Ltd Manager of Marketing and Corporate Communications Sophia Allsop-Cambridge, pose beside the newly unveiled Tsunami Smart […]
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There was one positive case of COVID-19 among the 259 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. The 26-year-old Jamaican female arrived from Jamaica aboard Caribbean Airlines yesterday. Her case brings the number in isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, to 18, and the total number of cases recorded in Barbados to […]
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(Stock Photo) Officers of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit closed two St. James bars for the night yesterday, after citing operators for non-compliance in respect of the COVID-19 protocols. The Red Door Bar in Holetown and the Drift Bar in Sunset Crest were both sanctioned for a number of infractions, including some bar staff not wearing […]
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(Left to right) CEO of the Barbados Port Inc, David Jean-Marie chatting with the BPI’s new Chairman, Peter Odle during a tour of the Bridgetown Port on Wednesday. (NP/BGIS) The Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) has been weathering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic well, despite a slowdown in activity. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the […]
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(L to R) Dwaine Paul, BWUs Deputy General Secretary; Rudy Grant, CEO BHTA; Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins and Avinash Persaud Special Envoy to the PM of Barbados made up the panel who met with tourism workers yesterday. (SFC/BGIS) Government has proposed a plan to workers in the tourism sector, which, […]
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(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised the public that it has tightened the definition of a villa for quarantine purposes, in respect of COVID-19. People arriving in Barbados with a negative COVID-19 PRC test from countries categorised as high risk are required to quarantine at a government facility free of charge, […]
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